Alternative Forage: The challenges and opportunities
On June 28th, Western Landowners Alliance convened the second webinar in our ongoing Summer Water Webinar Series. The program covered the challenges and opportunities associated with growing alternative forages and
Ditch “inefficiencies” give us wetlands
Imagine Westerners waking up one morning only to discover that many of their most cherished wetlands have dried up, gone. This is not fiction during these times of determining the
Subterranean Homesick Blues
When conversations turn to water in the West, it’s often about surface water, especially in relation to the challenges facing states that rely on the Colorado River. But subsurface water,
Mimicking nature: Flood irrigation and watershed health
On May 31st, Western Landowners Alliance hosted a panel of ranchers and researchers for a presentation about how flood irrigation can help sustain seasonal wetlands by mimicking the natural flood
Saving Water with Fire
Forest health collaboratives are using fire to steward healthy headwaters across public and private land. That hard work flows downstream to all of us. Jagged, snow-capped peaks tower above a thick
Can flood irrigating do what spring floods used to out West?
Each spring, Adrian Hunolt draws water from the Bear River to flood irrigate the fields on his family’s ranch in Evanston, Wyoming. Like many other flood irrigators, Hunolt’s ranch lies
The Diesel-powered Beavers of the Big Hole
In August of 1919, the Lower Big Hole River ran dry. Well, not completely dry. Water still trickled between the large cobbles of the freestone stream. But it was dry
Keeping Cold Water Cold
Tips for ranch water projects that sustain blue-ribbon trout fisheries The drive south from the small town of Twin Bridges, Montana, leads through a broad valley to the agricultural hub of
Landowner. Rainmaker.
You cangrow water Landowners are in the business, whether formally or not, of growing things—food, trees, grass, animals, biodiversity. To that list you can also add water, especially in the West.
Urban-rural collaborative water planning? It’s happening in Pueblo.
Nestled in the heart of the Colorado, Crowley County was once a testament to agricultural prosperity. Its lush fields stretched over 50,000 acres, teeming with a bounty of crops nourished
New groundwater connections
When discussing groundwater in agriculture, the mind’s eye tends to conjure a classic picture of a windmill pumping irrigation water from a well to nourish thirsty crops. However, new attention
Irrigation Efficiencies and Modernization for Agricultural Producers
Irrigators around the West face a multitude of challenges when it comes to using water. The effects of drought, development, and aging infrastructure impact nearly every agricultural community, and finding